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Steam Robot created by Zadoc P. Dederick, along with Isaac Grass, 1868

Steam Robot created by Zadoc P. Dederick, along with Isaac Grass, 1868

saisonciel:

Cora Brown Potter by Kuebler, 1880s

saisonciel:

Cora Brown Potter by Kuebler, 1880s

klg19:

These stereopticon scenes of life in hell were made in plaster or modelling clay and measure about 15cm in height. “This is the work of my whole life. It is thus that I dreamed of Hell. If my vision were so, the malicious should feel easy; eternity will be quite soft for them,” attested the genre’s innovator. Its success was considerable. Reprints followed one after another over the two decades 1860 and 1880.
Found here, after having seen it in a Greek novel’s cover design.

klg19:

These stereopticon scenes of life in hell were made in plaster or modelling clay and measure about 15cm in height. “This is the work of my whole life. It is thus that I dreamed of Hell. If my vision were so, the malicious should feel easy; eternity will be quite soft for them,” attested the genre’s innovator. Its success was considerable. Reprints followed one after another over the two decades 1860 and 1880.

Found here, after having seen it in a Greek novel’s cover design.

prettyskeletons:

The Two Girls and the Skeleton (Life and Death). Edvard Munch, 1896. 

prettyskeletons:

The Two Girls and the Skeleton (Life and Death). Edvard Munch, 1896. 

wahnwitzig:

New Almaden Mines Santa Clara County Ca. Photo Taken On Mine Hill 1880-1890s

wahnwitzig:

New Almaden Mines Santa Clara County Ca. Photo Taken On Mine Hill 1880-1890s

thevictorianduchess:

Charles DickensUnknownDaguerreotypec. 1858

thevictorianduchess:

Charles Dickens
Unknown
Daguerreotype
c. 1858

wahnwitzig:

Cemetery with mourners, 1880s, Turkey. Photo by Sebah. 

wahnwitzig:

Cemetery with mourners, 1880s, Turkey. Photo by Sebah. 

endlessquestion:

Ozias Humphry - Jane Austen as a young woman, 1789
New evidence suggests this is an actual portrait of Jane Austen.
Here’s the link.

endlessquestion:

Ozias Humphry - Jane Austen as a young woman, 1789

New evidence suggests this is an actual portrait of Jane Austen.

Here’s the link.

maudelynn:

Bathing Beauties from  nearly 100 years ago 
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maudelynn:

Bathing Beauties from  nearly 100 years ago 

via shine.yahoo.com